Jersey graduates offer total performance for profitability
Leading the graduating class is the popular former Super Sampler™, VALENTINO. A 7JE738 BHF-SSF Parade LOUIE-ET son from the well-known D&E Paramount Violet (E-90%), VALENTINO debuts as the No. 5 GJPI and No. 2 Type sire (+2.3). He ranks in the top five for Milk (+1,795) and transmits exceptional component yields (+60F, +58P) with consistency and high reliability (87% Rel.). At these high production levels, this gender SELECTed™ sire is an excellent udder-improver (Jersey Udder Index™ +4.24).

A Bungy son from an Excellent (90%) Impuls, ZIPPER is an outcross sire for a variety of bloodlines. His daughters are outstanding producers (+1,202 Milk) with positive components (+.01%F, +.05%P). He enters the lineup as a top 10 Cheese Merit sire (+$560) with excellent fitness traits (Daughter Pregnancy Rate +1.1, Productive Life +3.0). ZIPPER, a Superior Settler™ and FeedPRO® designee, will produce cows that spell longevity and please many dairy producers.

With a unique Danish pedigree, HULK joins the program as the No. 1 Fat sire in the breed (+98F). With incredible components, (+.39%F, +.14%P) this FeedPRO sire is No. 2 in the breed for Cheese Merit (+$716) and No. 3 for Net Merit (+$582). He transmits moderate frames, youthful udders and longevity (+3.6 PL).

Well-rounded Brown Swiss graduate joins lineup
7BS826 Oak View Zeus AUGUST *TM joins the lineup as a top 10 Progressive Performance Ranking (PPR) (+140) and Type (+0.7) sire. The sire of the 2011 All-American summer yearling, AUGUST is a Calving Ease sire (5%DBH). A rare Zeus son that comes from five generations of high-producing, Excellent and Very Good dams, he is a components improver (+.06%F, +.04%P) and one of the breed’s best for Somatic Cell Score (2.58) and PL (+2.6). AUGUST ranks well on a variety of indexes and is among the top 10 active A.I. sires and Select’s best, for Cheese Merit (+$395), Net Merit (+$336) and Fluid Merit (+$269).

Based in Plain City, Ohio, Select Sires Inc. is North America’s largest A.I. organization and is comprised of nine farmer-owned and -controlled cooperatives. As the industry leader, it provides highly fertile semen as well as excellence in service and programs to achieve its basic objective of supplying dairy and beef producers with North America’s best genetics at a reasonable price.